# Multi-month GSTR-2A Report
## **Guide to Download the Multi-month GSTR-2A Report**
### **Step 1: Select 'All Reports'**
For selecting the reports, log into ClearTax GST, select the 'Business' tab.
Then click on the 'Reports' tab and select 'All Reports'.
### Step 2: **Select ‘Multi-month GSTR-2A Report’**
You can also access the report from the dashboard and select 'Multi-month GSTR-2A Report'.
### **Step 3: Click on ‘GSTIN’**
Select 'Business' and then click on 'GSTIN'
### **Step 4: Select the ‘Financial Year’**
The financial year to be selected for which you want to see the report.
### **Step 5: Download yearly data from GSTN**
Click on ‘Download GSTR-2A Data’ to pull data from GSTN. The yearly data from the GSTN will be fetched after verification via OTP-based login credentials.
Download data through non-OTP-based-option
### **Step 6: Await Completion of Data from GSTN**
Wait until the status of ‘Download data from GSTN’ of all relevant return periods have changed from "Not downloaded" to "Download Successful".
### Step 7: **Download Report**
You can generate and download the report in two formats: Excel format or CSV format
For Excel format , once generated , you can download it by clicking on ‘Download Multi-month 2A Invoice Excel’
### Step 8: Download report for taxpayers
You can download the taxpayers report in the following ways -
1. Invoice (Regular)
2. Credit/Debit Notes(Regular)
3. TDS/TDSA
4. TCS
5. ISD/ISDA
### Step 9: A**nalyze and Share Report**
## **Explanation Guide for Filters in Multi-month GSTR-2A Report**
### **Filters Provided in Invoice Type :**
#### **Supplier Filing Status**
For Filed/Non-Filed Invoices
#### **Amendment Type**
For Amended /Originals linked to Amended Invoices
### **Filters Provided in CDN type :**
#### **Credit/Debit**
For Credit/Debit Note
#### **Supplier filing Status**
For Filed/Non-Filed Invoices
#### **Amendment Type**
For Amended /Originals linked to Amended Invoices are similar to Invoice filters
Apart from these , there are a few Generic filters provided in Multi-month 2A report
#### **1) For Invoices**
#### 2)**For Credit/Debit Notes**
## **Use cases of the Multi-Month GSTR-2A Report**
Here is how GSTR-2A data is summarized and used in various reports and other tools in ClearTax GST portal
| Use Cases | Particulars |
| ------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| GSTR-2A View & Download | - Basis return Period level
- Includes both filed and not-filed documents
- TDS/ISD value is included
|
| GSTR-3B v/s 2A | - Basis invoice date level
- Includes only filed documents
- TDS/ISD value is not included
|
| Table 8A of GSTR-9(GSTR - 2A Summary) | - Basis invoice date (for FY 2018-19) upto 30.09.2019 filed by supplier till 31.10.2019
- Includes only filed documents
|
| Reconciliation | - Basis invoice date level
- Includes only filed documents
|
| Table 8A of GSTR-9 V/s PR | - Only amended documents are considered in case the documents are amended except when the GSTIN is amended.
|
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